i have read that youtube uses progressive download for their videos. but i have also read that you cannot seek to an arbitrary point in the video that hasnt loaded unless you use streaming video... so which is it?
i would like for my videos to play like youtube. i dont mind if the user gets the full flv file in their cache, security is not my main concern. but i do want them to be able to move the playhead to an unloaded part of the video and have it start loading from there.
most important actually is for the user to have the video fully available once its loaded. i dont like the kind of streaming i see on comedycentral.com for instance. there, if your connection is slow the video will never fully load so you can play it smoothly. it seems like it always wants to stream it in real time. if someones connection is bad thay should be able to watch the video if they are willing to wait for it to load, like on youtube.
does youtube have some kind of badass complicated setup, or can mere mortals pull off progressive download video that loads from the seeked point?
also: can FMS serve progressive download flv's and is there any advantage to doing so?.. or are they automatically streamed when they come from FMS?
any advice on achieving the result im looking for? im afraid if i use streaming video it decreases usability for slower connections.. if the user wants to load before watching, or rewatch, can they do so without having to go back to the server? they should also be able to load first then watch offline.
much appreciated!
i would like for my videos to play like youtube. i dont mind if the user gets the full flv file in their cache, security is not my main concern. but i do want them to be able to move the playhead to an unloaded part of the video and have it start loading from there.
most important actually is for the user to have the video fully available once its loaded. i dont like the kind of streaming i see on comedycentral.com for instance. there, if your connection is slow the video will never fully load so you can play it smoothly. it seems like it always wants to stream it in real time. if someones connection is bad thay should be able to watch the video if they are willing to wait for it to load, like on youtube.
does youtube have some kind of badass complicated setup, or can mere mortals pull off progressive download video that loads from the seeked point?
also: can FMS serve progressive download flv's and is there any advantage to doing so?.. or are they automatically streamed when they come from FMS?
any advice on achieving the result im looking for? im afraid if i use streaming video it decreases usability for slower connections.. if the user wants to load before watching, or rewatch, can they do so without having to go back to the server? they should also be able to load first then watch offline.
much appreciated!
